Attachment for curtain rods



Feb. 16, 1932. L. e. HANDY ATTACHMENT FOR CURTAIN RQDS Filed Dec. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR z. 6% :A

Feb 16, 1932. LG. HANDY ATTACHMENT FOR CURTAIN RODS Filed'Dec. 12, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 15, 1932 r'rsr orrrcs I LEVIN GESSFOED HANDY, OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEW JERSEY ATTACHMENT FOB CURTAIN RODS Application filed December 12, 1928.

This invention relates to an attachment for curtain rods, and an object of the invention is to provide ornamental members which may be readily connected with a curtain rod without disarrangement of the curtain which may have been previously connected with said rod.

A further object is to provide an attachment made up of ornamental members which may be easily connected with or removed n from curtain rods of the well known Kirsch type and which will include ornamental end members, ornamental rod covering members intermediate the end members and an ornamental centre member or members, all so designed that they may be readily attached in operative position upon rods of difierent lengths.

A more detailed object is to provide an attachment consisting of a plurality of separately formed members so constructed as to mate together in dilferent adjusted positions, to the end that although said members may be manufactured each of a single given size yet they may be readily connected together for 1 properly fitting to and forming an ornamental cover for different curtain rods of various sizes. i

A further object is to provide improved means by which to fasten the members in position upon the curtain rod.

A further object is to so design the several members that they may be attached to a curtain rod regardless of whether curtains are present upon the rod or not.

A further object is to so design the members and arrange for their connection with the curtain rod that curtains may be supported either by having hems telescoping the curtain rod only or by means of rings or otherwise engaging the rod and the attachment as one.

A further object is to so design certain of the ornamental members comprising the attachment that they will serve, or appear to serve, as supporting end brackets for the other parts.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less speciiic than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following Serial No. 32 5,422.

description of the elements,- combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. l is a front elevational view of a curtain rod having a curtain thereon and fitted with an ornamental attachment in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the structure seen in Fig. 1. 1

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken upon the plane of line III-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the ornamental members employed.

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4-. but illustrating a modified form of the attaching means employed.

Figs. 6 and 7 are views similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating modified forms of certain of the ornamental members.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the ornamental members seen in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken upon the plane of line IX--IX of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a front elevational view showing the use of an ornamental end bracket member.

Fig. 11 is a top plan view of the parts seen in Fig. 10, and

r Fig. 12 is an end view of the structure seen in Figs. 10 and 11.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the invention as illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates a curtain rod. This is shown as being of the well known Kirsch type, that is as including a main straight portion 1 for extending across the Width of a window or door opening, and opposits end portions 22 bent or curved rearwardly and provided with attaching means as 33 by which it may be connected with a window frame or other appropriate support as indicated at 4.

In use it is customary to hang a curtain as 5 upon this rod by threading the rod through a hem provided at the upper edge of the curtended to overlie the front surface of thecurtain rod'to cover and conceal the rod and the intervening portion ofthe curtain 5 if a'curtain be present upon the rod. 'Theyare pref-v erably formed of sheet metalbent so as tobe concaved 'on their rear side-to fit snuglyinf nested relation aboutthe rod and so asto present an appearance of increased weight and thickness as viewed from in front. Their forward faces may be suitably painted, enameled, embossed, or otherwise treated for ornamental purposes. 7

"While the drawingsherewith show two of these cover members as being present it will be understood that one or any number there-' of may be used as may be'required to cover the curtain rod in association with which they are used. Their adjacent end portions .may overlap each other, as seen in Figs. 1 to 3, or not, as preferred, or as may be required to fit them to a given length of rod. It is noted that where thesecover members have their end portions overlapping they nest into each other in substantially the same -manner as each nests about the curtain rod.

The ornament member 8'is intended to conceal the'j oint between adjacent covering members and to at the same time provide means by which to fasten itself and the adjacent portion of the covering membersto the curtain rod, For these purposes the member 8 consists of a body part-12 having suitably artlstic opposite terminal extensions 13 13, the body I and its terminals being of such proportions asto appropriately conceal thejoint between the covering members 6 and 7 To its rear surface is connectedthe'attaching means consisting in this instance of a plurality of bendable fingers 14'14. and 15.15 arranged in pairs spaced apart longitudinally ofthe body adapted to straddleabout the curtain rod and the covering members andto be bent against therear surface of the curtain rod for thus clamping all of the parts firmly together. The fingers 14-15 are preferably suitably pointed at their ends so that whenever necessary they may be thrust through the material of a curtain upon the rod in the same manner" as disclosed in Patent No. 1,841,805, Jan. 19, 1932.

It will be understood thatanydesired nume5 ber of ornament members 8 maybe attached y may be placed at any selected p i t irrespective of said joints; if preferred. Since- V the members 67 are shaped to nest together 8 joints are very inconspicuous in any event. 3 j

.The end ornament members 9' and 10 are, designed to overlie the outer ends" of covas described the ering members 67 'onealteach'end of the curtain rod. These each consist of a main body portion 12 similar to the body portion a 7 12 of the central ornament member 8 but have a'terminal extension 13 atone end only. At-

taching means is connected to the rear surface 7 consisting preferably 1 of bendable, fingers 14:

and 15 for straddling;about'thecurtain rod j and theintervening portions of the covering 1 members ,'67 in the same manner as'described with regard to the member 8,,said-fingers be-; i ing pointed attheir ends for passing through V the material of the curtain whereverneces- Sal y.

- In the illustration at its opposite end, it being understood that Fig. 4 a rear view is, 1 presented ,showingone of these end orna-,. ment members, and including dotted line representation of an artistic terminalgextension' instance and has a single artistic extension H 13 when intended for use as an end member 9 or 10 but having'double artistic extensions 7 13 when intended for use asacentral member 8; This view also sugge'ststhat if desired the pairs of bendable fingers 1414 and 15'15 may be formed each pair from a single 3 a length of wire soldered or otherwise con nected with the body 12 at its mid-portion so 7 that its opposite ends are bendable into any l positions for facilitating their engagement 0 aboutthe curtain rod and the intervening curtain and covering members.

In the modification Fig; 5 itis su that the body portion 12 may be provided n with integral lateral projections'ilfi .thereon in lieu'of thefingers 14914 and1l5 l5. Anynumberof these projections maybe pro.-

vided as preferred, and each iseither bend-l able, or of a springy characteristic, for gripf ping the curtain rod to, hold the body 12 in a proper: assembly with the rod. Obviously i the body 12 illustrated may-haveartistic ex. 1

tensions 13 or not as preferred.

In someinstances artistic extensions as 17, slmilar to the extensions 13, may be prov ded directly upon the ends of the covering-mem bers 67, in which casethe attaching means,- I

such as the fingers :1 l15, or 16-16, may be connected direct-ly with the rear surface ofv the covering member, as illustrated in Fig. 6, Y

the separate end ornament members 9 -10 being thus dispensed with. In some instances-also, if preferred,

the) separately formednend ornament members,

9-10 may be employed but the body portions 12 thereof being without attaching means. Inthis case the attaching means may be carried by separately formed body members as 18 intended to overlie the bodies 12, and the attaching means serving to bind. all to the curtain red as will be readily understoodfrom an inspection of the drawings Fig. 7

In Fig. 7 it is also suggested that if desired separately formed body members 18, with attaching means thereon may be used for holding the central ornament members in position in the same manner as described with reference to the end ornament members.

The separately formed body members 18, with their connected attaching means, are desirable in that they enable the manufacture of these parts in quantities as a standard form of attaching member adapted to be employed in connection with various designs and sizes of centre and end ornament membars for holding said members to the curtain rod at any desired points.

In Fig. 7 it is also suggested that if desired the bendable fingers 14-15 may be displaced by a spring clamp 19 made preferably of wire, and being of a general form as further illustrated in the drawings Figs. 8 and 9 wherein it will be seen that for each spring clamp a single piece of wire is employed bent into inverted U-shape at its mid-portion as at 20 for engaging the rear surface of the curtain rod. This U-shaped portion is bowed forwardly as at 21 for fitting into the rear open side of the curtain rod, as clearly seen in Fig. 9. The lower portions of the legs of the U spread downwardly and backwardly as at 2222, and thence upwardly as at 23, the upper ends being bent forwardly to pass over the top edge of the rod as at 24 -2-i and then downwardly to engage against the front surface of the rod as at 2525. Although this wire clip or clamp member may be used with or without a carrying member as 18 it is preferably connected to the rear surface of the member 18 so that said member constitutes an ornamental cover for the legs 25. If preferred however the legs 25 may overlie the outer face of the member 18 and be attached thereto by solder or otherwise, or it may be wholly unattached and held merely by clamping pressure.

Here it may be noted that the spring clips or clamps 19 may be readily employed as attaching means in any instance above referred to with regard to the bendable fingers 14'15. In all cases the portions 23 and 24 of said clam are intended to stand spaced away from the curtain rod so as to provide for accommodation of the curtain material. The inclining portions 2222 constitute a sort of flaring mouth to facilitate introduction of the clip downwardly over the curtain rod, and

- v the portion 21 is afforded ample resiliency to enable it to easily but firmly grip rods of varying thicknesses.

The ornamental end bracket members 11 may be brackets in fact, or in appearance only, as preferred, and they may be used or not, at will. They are formed separately from all the other members hereinabove described and may be attached to or removed from the curtain rod at any time.

Ornamental end bracket members and their means of attachment are clearly illustrated in Figs. 10 to 12. Each consists of a body member G formed of a strip of metal bent into general U-shape having one end portion as 26 intended to be introduced and clamped between an adjacent end portion of one of the covering members 6-7 and the overlying end ornament member 910, and having its opposite end provided with an eye or opening 27 through which to loosely slidably receive the adjacent end portion 2 of the curtain rod.

By this arrangement the body G is held substantially rigidly connected with the curtain rod and in a given position irrespective of the length of the portion 2.

FiXed to the member G is an ornamental cover piece H. The point of attachment of this cover with the body member is below the lower edge of the ornamental end member 9 as at A. Above this point the member H extends forwardly and upwardly as at 28 along the forward face of the member 9, and below said point the member H is curved as at 29 backwardly and downwardly to stand adjacent to, or be fixed to, the wall or support 4. The portion 29 is bendable so as to be readily brought into desired relation with the wall at, and may be provided adjacent its lower end with an aperture through which a nail or screw as 30 may be inserted and driven into the wall 1 if desired.

It should be here noted as illustrated, that when these end bracket members are employed it is preferable that the end ornament members 91O be so placed that one of the pairs of bendable fingers, as 14-14:, thereof may be bent into retaining engagement around the adjacent covering member 6 only while the other pair, as 15, of said bendable fingers may be bent around both the member 6 and the curtain rod. This conveniently disposes the members 14-1 1 and 15-15 at opposite sides of the portion 26 of the body member G of the bracket and thereby provides for a firm clamping grip against said portion 26.

The portion 26 of the body member of the bracket is preferably concaved to conform to the contour of the clamping surfaces by which it is engaged, thus to facilitate its 1'.

definite placement and easy retention.

By placing the end ornament members 9-10 with only one pair of its fastening fingers as 15 engaging both the rod and the covering member 6 the ornament member is thereby made to proj ectifurther beyond "the edge of the curtain. This is often desirable,

and may obviously be resorted to'at any time 28. With this arrangement th'e'brack'et and theend ornament members may beplaced at any desired point along the length of the rod and member 6, irrespectiveot the relative po- 1 sition of the portion 2; of the rod. They may be placed so thatthe {fingers 14 engage the member 6 and the fingers 15 both the member 6 and .therod as above mentioned,or'.they

may be placed nearer to the center of the rod so that all of thefingers may engage about the "member 6 and'the'rod', or, in instances where the member 6 projects sufficiently beyond the end of the rod and is suitably connectedto the rod, they may be placed entirely beyond the end'of the rod and be supported wholely by engagement of all of'the fingers"14 15' with the member 6. a

In some cases the centre ornament 18 may be relied upon tohold the covering members 6-7 in position Without the use of fastening means at the outer ends'of said covering members. If the end ornaments are separately formed these may beheld in place merely by cengagementof their" fastening means about thecoveringm'embers. a Q The curtain rods, as L,"to which the elements comprising this invent-ionare intended to be attached may be either extensible or not, though they are usually extensible, one section'being slidable Within the other in a well known manner as indicated at 31 in Fig. 2. The elements, comprising the present invention make up an'extensible'device readily adjustable to accommodate itself to any adjustment of the parts of the curtain rod. That is to say: The portion of the covering and"ornament-'members which overlap are longitudinally adjustable with respect to each other, They may be overlapped more or less as may be required to appropriately cover anylength of rod, or to correspond with'lany adjustment of the parts of the curtain rod; Extra cover members 6 7', and ex? tra centre ornament members 8, may be added to make up any length as may be required.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrativeonly and not in a limiting sense. a

" 7' Having thus described my invention, what Icl'aim' as new and desiretolsecure bylLetters Patent is 1. An ornamentalcover, for a curtain "rod j a of the typeindicated, said cover comprising a pluralityof separately ,iformed members arranged in juxtaposedrelation toeach other to collectively-provide a. cover for the membersc'oni and means tohold' said cover nected with the rod.

2. .An' attachment for a curtain rod of the i type indicated, said attachment comprising;

a plurality of separately formed members I adapted to'pbe arranged in'juxtaposed rela-f V tion to 'each other fito'collectively provide,

an ornamental coiver' forthe rod,;and attachingmeans carried by only a portionof said members adapted to engage the rod for s holding all of said the rod. v p 3'..An :attachment :for a curtain r'od of members connected with ;s5, f the type indicated, s'aidiattach'ment comprise;

ing a plurality' or" separately formedinem-I? bers shaped to nestftogether to thereby col-i lectively provide an-ornamental cover ;for v the rod, and parts carried by certain of said;

members wherebysa id members are adapted; i to serve for retaining the otherrmembers connected with the rod.-

, 4.: 'An ornamental cover for the face side of a curtain rod of the type indicated, said,

cover being adaptedto extend along'ithe' length ofthe rod and being transverselycon V caved on itsrear side'to receivetherod in nested relation thereinpand attachin i by which said over may be h ld i p iti s upon the rod. i

5. An ornamentalcover for the face side i ofa curtain rodof: the type indicated, said sides to receive the rodfin nested relation-' thereim andettechinemeans y which; said I members may be held imposition u gn rod.

6. An ornamental cover for the face side 1 of a curtain rod of the typeindicated, said} cover consistingjof a, plurality of separate members adapted to be arranged endto end} along thelengthof the rod, id b F, being transversely concaved "on their rear. sides to receive the rod in nested relation therein, andim eans to hold said membersin position including a separately formed at, taching part adapted-to engage adjacent. ends of said members and the rodfor hold-i mg said ends attached tothe rod.

An ornamental coverior theiface side? of a curtain rod of the typeindicated, said 2 A" cover consisting of a plurality of separate members adapted tob'e "arranged'end to end along the length Of'tlie' rod, said members being formed of a strip',-of sheet'material bent-transverselyso as tob'e concaved11130111 30 a their rear sides and convexed upon their front sides whereby to receive the rod in nested relation against their rear side and whereby adjacent end portions of said members may be arranged in overlapping nested relation, and attaching means by which said members may be held in position upon the rod.

8. An ornamental cover for the face side of curtain rod of the type indicated, said cover consisting of a plurality of separate members adapted to be arranged end to end along the length of the rod, said members being formed of a strip of sheet material bent transversely so as to be concaved upon their rear siues and converted upon their front sides whereby to receive the rod in nested relation against their rear side and whereby adjacent end portions of said members may be arranged in overlapping nested relation, a single attaching member adapted to engage about the adjacent ends of said overlapping members and to engage the rod for holding said ends connected with the rod, and other attaching means by which to attach the remaining enos of said overlapping members to the rod.

9. An ornamental cover for a curtain rod comprising opposite end ornament members, a centre ornament member, and a plurality of intermediate rod covering members, together with means whereby the ornament members are adapted to hold the intermediate members connected with the rod.

10. The combination with an extensible curtain rod of the type indicated, of an extensible cover therefor including aplurality of parts extensibly adjustable with respect to each other and means to hold said parts in position of adjustment and connected with the rod.

11. An extensible cover for a curtain rod of the type indicated, said cover including a rod covering member and opposite end ornament members formed separate from the rod covering member, said end ornament members having attaching means by which to attach themselves and the rod covering memher with the rod.

12. An ornamental cover for a curtain rod of the type indicated, said cover including opposite end ornament members having attaching means by which to attach them to the rod, and rod covering means extending between said ornament members having its opposite ends supported by'engagement with said ornament members.

18. An ornamental cover for a curtain rod comprisin opposite end ornament members, a centre ornament member, and intermediate rod covering members, together with a plurality of attaching members adapted to engage the rod and said ornament members respectively to connect the ornament members and the intermediate members with the rod.

14. An ornamental cover for a curtain rod, comprising opposite end ornament members, intermediate rod covering means, opposite end bracket members, and attaching means carried by the end ornament members adapted to engage the rod for holding said ornament members said covering means and the end brackets connected with the rod.

15. A spring clip by which to hold a cover connected with a curtain rod of the type indicated, said spring clip being made up from alength of springy wire, said wire being bent upon itself to provide a central portion for engaging the rear surface of the rod, the portions at opposite sides of the central portion extending downwardly and away from each other and thence upwardly spaced from the central portion, the upper ends being bent forwardly to pass over the upper edge of the rod and cover and being finally bent clownwardly again to engage the front surface of the cover, and the whole being bent so that the portions of the wire for engaging the rear surface of the rod and the front surface of the cover serve to resiliently urge the rod and cover toward each other.

18. An attachment for a curtain rod of the type indicated, said attachment comprising a plurality of separately formed members adapted to be arranged juxtaposed relation to each other for collectively providing an ornamental cover for the rod, certain of said members being cover members and others of said members being ornamental members, and means whereby the ornamental members may be connected with the rod in engagement with the cover members to thereby support themselves and the cover members upon the rod.

17. An ornamental cover for a curtain rod, where the curtain rod carries a curtain thereon by having the rod threaded through a hem of the curtain, said cover comprising an elongated member adapted to overlie the front side of the rod and to overlie the intervening portion of the curtain, said elongated memher being concaved on its rear side to receive the rod and curtain in nested relation therein, and attaching means for interengaging between said elongated member and the rod to hold the elongated member in covering position.

18. An ornamental cover for a curtain rod, where the curtain rod carries a curtain thereon by having the rod threaded through a hem of the curtain, said cover comprising a plurality of cover members adapted to be placed end to end along the length of the rod, and a plurality of separate attaching members for engaging the cover members and having parts adapted to extend through the material of the curtain to a position embracing the rod to hold the cover members connected with the rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

L. GESSFORD HANDY. 

